As many of you know, our Editor-in-Chief, Jo Packham, holds an annual conference in September in Minnesota.
The Creative Connection is a 3-day extraveganza that is focused on bringing women that are passionate and/or entrepreneurs in handcraft arts, food and social media together. (Go and browse around the site and check it out! We are really excited about our new partnership with BlogHer, an AMAZING online community for women.) (I love BlogHer. Just so you know. 
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We have been busy, busy, BUSY compiling and putting together all the panels and events and keynotes. (I really hope you attend. Your SOCKS will be knocked off with how unbelievable it all is.)
We were so honored to have amazing keynotes last year like Ree Drummond and Mary Jane Butters (and more). There are many things to consider when we put together our panels and keynotes and at this point, Jo would like to hear from YOU about who YOU would like to see up on the stage! If you could choose the Keynote Speaker for The Creative Connection Event, who would be your choice in the following categories:
1. HANDMADE KEYNOTE
2. FOOD KEYNOTE
3. BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA KEYNOTE
Your selections do NOT have to be Internet people. It can be anyone from anywhere! You don’t have to be planning on attending to give your feedback and we would really love to hear from you!
So?
Who are your picks, peeps?
Food keynote: who better than The Pioneer Woman!!! If that’s even possible!
Lynzi! Thanks! We actually were honored to have Ree Keynote for us last year (and yes, we were VERY happy about that!) xo
The other suggestion for a food keynote speaker would be Jaden Hair from Steamy Kitchen – she’s really phenomenal when it comes to food blogging and has quite a bit that she could say about branding, photography and alot of other topics that would be of interest to the food blogging community.
Well, I don’t know her name but she’s a cute, spunky gal who hosts a craft show called “She’s Crafty”. I watch her on a TV station called Qubo but I see from the online search that the show is on HGTV in Canada. Anyway, she is AWESOME at repurposing and her ideas are just so fantastic. She is really personable and cool, not all “I’m suzy sunshine and my life is perfect” type, if you know what i mean.
This years TCC is going to RAWK! I can’t wait!
I think that Melody Ross would be a BRILLIANT key note speaker for the Handmade Keynote category! She is such an inspiring woman and GREAT public speaker!
Molly W. from Orangette did the closing at BH Food last year. She is real, down to earth, and people can relate to her story and the way she tells stories. She’s incredible!
Elise Bauer of “Simply Recipes” for Food Keynote would be great. She has wonderful recipes and photography which us food bloggers drool over and aspire to be.
This is just the sort of conference I’ve been looking for!
I’d love to see Jessica Forbes from Ravelry as the handmade keynote, either Bakerella or Smitten Kitchen for food, and maybe Jennifer Cisney (@kodakcb) for Social Media.
I cannot wait to attend TCCE again. 2010 was amazing and so happy you will continue to be in my town. YAY! If you need any local bloggers to help with event organization, I would love to support you all in anyway we can!
I would love to hear Bakerella for Cooking, but of course would also love to hear Ree again for cooking or business. Would also love to see Brene Brown again after her inspirational keynote at Blissdom.
I nominate Mary Jane Butters of Mary Janes Farm! She would fit very nicely into any of the above categories. She is a creative, intelligent business woman who took her passion and create a thriving business.
Quite simply, she is amazing!
For the handmade keynote I would talk to Amanda Soule – http://www.soulemama.com or Hillary Lang – http://www.weewonderfuls.com. Also, Amy Carroll – http://www.angrychicken.typepad.com would be great. They all are handmade goddesses, have written books, and have BEAUTIFUL blogs!
Oh, or me
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for the food keynote speaker…katie from what katie ate and joy from joy the baker.
nanne in indiana by way of alabama
I think Amanda from i am baker would be a FABULOUS Food Keynote!! http://iammommy.typepad.com/i_am_baker/ She amazingly creative and passionate!
I second that one – Amanda of I am baker consistently puts a smile on my face and amazes me with her creative talent!!
http://iammommy.typepad.com/i_am_baker/
What about Serena Thompson. She has done it all!
Oh, Ree will be fabulous….and I’d love to see Amanda from i am baker as well for the food keynote or panel. She’s amazingly talented and funny!!!
Margaret Roach, from A Way To Garden, would be a nice speaker. She worked for Martha, then left the corporate world…dropped out….and lives a solitary life on a farm, and writes and blogs about it. http://awaytogarden.com/book/
I’ve noticed that King Arthur Flour does a great job with their blog and facebook & twitter. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/ They are one of my favorite companies. I’d love to know more about their operations, future plans, flour ideas, etc.
One new cooking show I’ve come to just love is Lucinda Scala Quinn’s “Mad Hungry” on Martha’s new Hallmark Channel. Lucinda is an accomplished chef with an interesting background and still works for Martha. Her show is filled with ordinary food and she makes it for her family! http://blog.madhungry.com/
http://helenkleinross.com/helenkleinross/welcome.html
I’ve been following many of the MadMen characters on Twitter….genius marketing in my opinion! Helen Klein Ross is the gal behind the tweets! She might be an interesting speaker on Social Media. I, for one, am a Big Fan